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Genius Quotes

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better Picture Quote #1

The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death Picture Quote #1

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing Picture Quote #1

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round Picture Quote #1

Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius Picture Quote #1

Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us Picture Quote #1

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This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present Picture Quote #1

We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals Picture Quote #1

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else Picture Quote #1

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered Picture Quote #1

Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark Picture Quote #1

Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is Picture Quote #1

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There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded Picture Quote #1

We are as much informed of a writer’s genius by what he selects as by what he originates Picture Quote #1

The true work of art is the one which the seventh wave of genius throws up the beach where the undertow of time cannot drag it back Picture Quote #1

With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth Picture Quote #1

If the men of wit and genius would resolve never to complain in their works of critics and detractors, the next age would not know that they ever had any Picture Quote #1

He whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious Picture Quote #1

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The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why Picture Quote #1

The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction Picture Quote #1

There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and giving birth Picture Quote #1

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced Picture Quote #1

The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed eventually to pass into the same silence, will fight against oblivion and for a long time hold their own Picture Quote #1

No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius Picture Quote #1

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In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot Picture Quote #1

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks Picture Quote #1

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies Picture Quote #1

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither Picture Quote #1

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason Picture Quote #1

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better (Genius Quotes) The poets scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death (Genius Quotes) It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing (Genius Quotes) Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round (Genius Quotes) Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius (Genius Quotes) Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us (Genius Quotes) This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present (Genius Quotes) We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals (Genius Quotes) A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else (Genius Quotes) One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered (Genius Quotes) Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark (Genius Quotes) Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is (Genius Quotes) There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded (Genius Quotes) We are as much informed of a writer’s genius by what he selects as by what he originates (Genius Quotes) The true work of art is the one which the seventh wave of genius throws up the beach where the undertow of time cannot drag it back (Genius Quotes) With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth (Genius Quotes) If the men of wit and genius would resolve never to complain in their works of critics and detractors, the next age would not know that they ever had any (Genius Quotes) He whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious (Genius Quotes) The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why (Genius Quotes) The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction (Genius Quotes) There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and giving birth (Genius Quotes) Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced (Genius Quotes) The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed eventually to pass into the same silence, will fight against oblivion and for a long time hold their own (Genius Quotes) No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius (Genius Quotes) In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot (Genius Quotes) Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks (Genius Quotes) Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies (Genius Quotes) Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither (Genius Quotes) The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason (Genius Quotes) Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within (Genius Quotes)

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